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GEORGE L. COROORAN AND GEORGE A. DOBYNE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORS TO CHAMPION SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS. MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1906.

Application filed August 11, 1905. Serial No. 273,778-

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE L. Conco- RAN and GEORGE A. DOBYNE, citizens of the United States, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sewing-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a machine constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of the machine. Fig. 3 is a side elevational view showing the take-up mechanism. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view through the shuttle mechanism and. the loop-spreading mechanism. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view through part of the loop-spreading mechanism, showing the positions of the parts prior to spreading the loop. Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the positions of the parts when the loop is being spread. Fig. 7 is a similar view showing the positions of the parts after the loop has been spread. Fig. 8 is a front elevational view of the loop-spreading mechanism. Fig. 9 is a detail view of the frame which carries the loop-spreaders and the cam for operating them. Fig.1 0 is a side elevational view of the machine, part of the frame being shown in section to illustrate the loop-spread ing mechanism and shuttle-operating mechanism; and Fig. 11 is a detail front elevational view of the machine with some of the mechanism removed.

Our invention relates to sewing-machines, and particularly to sewing-machines of the type shown in United States Patent No. 760,732, granted to us May 24, 1904.

I One of the objects of the invention is to provide a machine of the type referred to with an improved and efficient loop-spreading mechanism.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel parts and combinations of parts,

all of which will be clearly disclosed hereinafter, and particularly recited in the claims.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, A indicates the supporting stand or frame, which has lateral extensions, (designated by the reference-numerals 1 and 2, re-

spectively,) which extensions are designed to carry the'working parts of the needle mechanism, spreading mechanism, and threadlaying mechanism, as will be presently explained. The head 3, secured to the upper extension 1, carries the thread-laying mechanism, while the end of the lower extension 2 carries the shuttle mechanism and the loopspreading mechanism.

B is the driving-shaft, drive-pulley b. p

O is the work-table, arranged in the usual manner.

D designates the awl; E, the presser-foot; G, the devices for laying the thread across the needle to enable the same to be caught by the barb, and L designates the take-up.

H desi nates the needle, (see Fig. 10,) and I the shuttfie.

J is the loop-opener, which enters the loop to primarily spread the same, and K indicates the loop -spreader, which completes the spreading of the loop.

The operation of the parts just described is as follows: Assuming that the work is upon the work-table and that the shaft B has commenced to rotate, the awl will descend slightly and then commence to rise, the needle commences to rise, and the take-up moves backwardly in order to take up the loop of the last stitch and to measure off the thread for the stitch about to be formed. As the needle passes through the work and about reaches the end of its upward movement the presser-foot rises and the needle shifts horizontally in order to feed the work, as indicated in Patent No. 760,732, above referred to. The presser-foot then falls, and while the needle is in its projected position through the work the thread-laying devices move to lay the upper thread into position to be engaged by the barb of the needle, the take-up moving forwardly during the thread-laying movement of the thread-laying devices in order to pay out suflicient thread to form one side of the open loop. The needle then descends and its barb engages the upper thread, which has. just been laid in position, the thread-laying devices moving into normal position and the take-up moving forwardly to pay out suflicient thread to permit the formation of the open loop Without pulling the thread across the barb of the needle, and afprovided with a comes to rest.

ter the needle has. descended to a point below. the Work to form a loop in the thread the loop-opener enters the loop to. primarily spread the same, the. loop-spreader vKthen engaging the thread and moving rearwardly to spread the 100 for the entrance of the point of the shutt e. As herein shown, the thread-laying mechanism is so constructed that the thread will be laid into engagement with the barb of the needle without any undue stress or without liability of fraying. the. thread by pulling it across the barb. Heretofore the thread was caused toengage the barbof the needle in such a manner that in pullin the loop to make the stitch the fibers were liable to become broken, so .that the strength ,of the thread would'bematerially decreased, with obvious disadvantages. With our improved device, however, theithreadlaying mechanism is. so constucted that any liability of the thread becomingfrayed will be avoided. After theloop-spreader K has engaged the thread of the loop the. needle.

will riseslightly, and the loop spreader will then move rearwardly, the upward movement of the needle beingsuflicient to carry its barb into a slot in-theloop-o ener J As the point of the shuttle enters t e loop the continued rotary movement of the shuttle. will carry the loop away from the needle, which may descend free of the upper'thread. The needle continues to descend until it reaches its lowermost position and then moves laterally back into. starting position, ready to again pass up through the work, while the shuttle continues ,to rotate until .it'finally The take uphas meanwhile paid'out suflicient thread to to be carried around by the. s uttle and then recedes in order to take up the loop. which-has caughtth'e bobbin or under .threadbefore it has been drawntaut. As thehtakepletes its loop-drawing movement t-e. awl. descends to piercethe workgpre aratoryto.

the formationof the. stitchv next ollowing,

For convenience of description we have referred. to the thread which is. drawnv down through the workby the needle as the, up-l per thread and .to the threadffrom thebobbin asthe lower thread, and we shall hereinafter refer to these threads by such terms; We do; not, however, mean to imply by these terms. that the thread engaged by 1 the. needle. is.

' necessarily above the bobbin thread or that.

the so-called lower thread .is necessarily below the so-called upper thread.

The awl-bar 6 is supported in the. head 3 to reciprocate vertically, the awl D being.. se-.

cured to said bar. in any convenient manner- The Presser-bar 10, which is parallel with the awl-bar, is also su ported in the head 3 to re-- ciprocate vertical y and is yieldingly heldin lowermost position uponthe work by. means of as rin 11, coiled about thepresser-bar and lying etween a collar .12 uponsaidbarermitthe loop comand some suitable ortion of the machinee head. The presseroot E is secured to its bar in any suitable manner and has a slot 13, through which the awl is adapted to operate, the needle also being adapted to extend into said slot and to move therein in order to feed the work.

Journaledin the lower portion 14-01 the head 3 are vertical oscillatory shafts 15 and 16, each of which carries a horizontal arm 17 and 18, respectively, similar in construction to those described in the patent referred to, the arm 17 1 'ng above the arm 18 and being provided witha thread-eye. The arm 18 is provided in its edge W-itha notch which is adja-- cent to the thread-eye of the arm 17 when the parts are innormal position. The upperthreadpasses through the eye in the arm 17, so that the arm 17 is a thread-carrier, and in the normal position of the parts this thread.- carrier and the cooperatiug arm 18 lie out of the way of the awl and the resser-foot, and saidthread-carrier holds the thread out of the way of these parts, the arm 18 being held. in a position which may be termed. in rear of the upper thread and out of engagement therewith. Pivoted-to the head of the machine are levers or rock-plates 21 v and 22,

each of which is. provided with an irregularly shaped slot.v These levers or rock-plates have at their lower ends substantialuniversal connection with the links 25 and 26, which are respectively pivoted to crank-arms 27 v and 28 upon the oscillatory shafts 15 and 16,

the connection between the linkand rock? plates-being here shown as rovided by a pin- 29,extending into the roc plates,- the link being loosely pivoted upon-said pin. Journaled upon the standard is-a horizontal rock? shaft30, .WhlClLCflI IlBS upon its forwardrend. arock-arm 31, and upon said rock-arm are studs onpins 32, which respectively enter-the slots in the. rock-levers. As the rock-arm is rocked upwardly the studs move idly in the slots of-the rock-iplates and then'engage portions. of said slots, wherebysaid rockwplates are rocked. As these rock-plates move the oscillatory shafts .15 and.16 are moved-about their axis, the shaft 16 moving first ,whereby the threadespreading arm 18 first engages the upper thread in its notch, and said arm and the.thread-carrier 17 then move oppositely across the .vertical plane-including the needle (which has been raised) in order to lay the threadupon the. needle. As the rock-arm I rocks. downwardly the thread-laying. devices are returned to their normal POSltlOIl; The rock-plates-are so. arranged that as the neethrough the work the cooperdle moves up ating members 17 and 18 move in a horizontal position to lay the upper thread across the needle to enable the the barb...

Thegeneral-construction of the. threadlayingdevices- 17 and 18 is-similar to the desame to be caught by vices described in our rior patent referred to; but the operation of said devices and the mechanism for actuating them are different from that described in said patent and are con"- structed as follows: On the rock-lever22 is a cam projection 33, and on the rock-lever 2] is a cam projection 34, said cam projection being intermediate the ends of the slot and at the edge thereof. A cam projection is i 1 the element 17 moves inward to hold the 1 t e thread to open t thread in a horizontal lane in the path of the needle to be engaged y the barb thereof, so that the thread will be placed in engagement with the barb of the needle without any liability of said thread becoming frayed. Upon the reversal of the movement of the rockshaft 30 the arm 31 will start u so that the roller 32, cooperating with the lever 21, will rest against the cam projection 35 and the roller cooperating with the lever 22 will rest against the cam projection 36, so that the elements 17 and 18 will be restored to their normal positions. The needle will then start down, the barb thereon engaging the thread and drawing it down through the work, the loop-opener entering the loop to partially s read it and the loop-spreader 37. engaging e oop sufiiciently for the shuttle to pass therethrough and complete the stitch. The general operation of the loop-spreading mechanism having been briefly escribed,

the specific construction of said mechanism will now be described, as it forms the novel feature of our present invention.

Referring to Figs. 5 to 9 of the drawings,

it will be seen that the loop-spreader K is pivoted to a sliding bar 38, which moves backwardly and forwardly in a guide-housing 39. This guide-housing is provided in its lower portion with an offset 40, which is adapted to e engaged by the terminal head 41 on the loop-spreader K when said loop-spreader is in its extreme forward position, wherein it lies very close to the loop-opener J, as shown in Fig. 5. If the hooked end of the loop-s reader was located some distance above the oop-opener when said loop-spreader was in its extreme forward position, it would be liable to not engage the thread, especially if the loop in the thread was twisted. By mounting the loops reader so that it will lie practically upon t e loop-opener when it is in its extreme forward position said loop-spreader will be sure to engage the loop when the loop-o ener penetrates the loop to primarily sprea the same but when the bar 38 is slid rearwardly the headed portion 41 of the loop-spreader K will ride down the offset 40, its downward position being insured by the offset 42 in the upper. portion of the housing 39, which offset 42 is in rear of the offset 40. Therefore the rearward movement of the bar 38 will cause the downward and rearward movement of the rear end of the loo -spreader K, and thus cause the forward en which engages the thread, to have an u ward-and-rearward swinging movement so tl fat the loop-spreader K may be said to oscillate on its carrier. The upward-and-rearward swinging movement of the loop-spreader K is accomplished for the purpose of permitting the loop-spreader to not only move in a rearward direction to hold the loop in the thread in a position for en agement with the point of the shuttle, buta so so that the forward hooked end may-be raised out of the way of the shuttle as'its point enters the loop in the thread. The loop-opener J is shown as being formed by an extension of the upper wall of the housing 39, and it is provided with a laterally-extending wedge-shaped portion which is inserted within the loop in the thread said wedge-shaped portion being rovided with an opening to receive the nee eduring the operation of removing the thread from the barb of the needle. The housing is car ried by an irregularly-shaped frame 43, in which moves a cam 44 on a shaft 45, (see Fig. 9,) which cam causes the frame to slide laterally in a horizontal plane, so that as the loopopener moves laterally therewith the loopspreader will move in a lateral direction, and as the loop-spreader movesrearwardly to spread the loop the frame will move in the opposite lateral direction to carry the loo oplener into position to again engage t e t ead at the beginning of the formation of the next stitch.v The bar 38 is operated by a lever 46, fulcrumed at 47 and having an arm 48 engaged by the crank-arm 49, fulcrumed on a shaft B, said arm-49 being operated by a cam 50. The shuttle is also 0 erated from the shaft 45, which is driven li y a suitable train of gears in substantially the same man: nor as indicated in patent to G. L. Corcoran, No. 757,725, of April 19, 1904.

In order to protect the upper of the shoe from the shuttle mechanism, we have provided a door M, which is hinged to the machine and which incloses the shuttle mechanism, said door cooperating with a guide N, carried by the work-table, which acts as a guard for the needle and prevents its engaging any of the work other .than that directly upon the table, said mechanism forming the subject of a separate application filed by us August 4, 1905, Serial No. 272,732.

The thread -measuring mechanism, the power mechanism, and kindred accessories of the machine are-substantially the same as illustrated in our Patent No. 760,732 of May 24, 1904, and it is not deemed necessary to specifically describe them in this application.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. In a sewing-machine, a shuttle in combination with'a loop-opener, a loop-spreader having its end normally adjacent the end of the loop-opener, means for causing said openerand spreader to move into position to engage 'a'strand of thread and thereafter recede from such position, and means for moving said loop-opener in a vertical 'planeTelatively to the loop-opener for carrying ,it out of the path of movement of the shuttle; substantially as described.

2. In a-'sewing-machine,-a shuttle in combination with a loop-'opener', a-loop-spreader, means for causing'said opener and spreader to penetrate "a loop formed in a strand of thread, means for thereafter moving the spreader relatively to the opener for spreading' the loop, and means for moving said spreader in a vertical plane relatively to the opener to carry it out of the path of movement of the shuttle; substantially as described. i

3. In a seWin'gmachine, a shuttle, a'frame carrying aloop-opener, a support movably mounted on said frame, a l'oop spread'er oscilla'tingly mounted'on said support and normally occupying a position With itsend engaging the end of the loop-opener, means for moving said frame to cause said loop-opener and loop sprea'der to enter-a loop formed in a strand of thread, means for actuating said support'to cause thespread-er to spread said loop, and means for oscillating said spread'er relatively to the loop-opener for carrying it out of the ath of movement of the shuttle; substantially as described.

4. In a"sewi-ng machine, a frame carrying a loop-opener, a slide mounted in'said frame and having a loop sprea'der pivotally connected-thereto, an enlarged head on said loopspreader, offsets formed in said frame, means I for moving said frame laterally, and means for'reciprocating said 'sliderelatively to=said frame'whereby said offsets coc'perate with the head on the loop-spreader for moving the same; substantially as described.

5. In a sewing-machine, a shuttle, a needle for" forming a loop in a strand of thread, a loop-opener having apassage-way adapted to be entered by the barbed end of said nee dle, a loop-spreader, means for actuatings'aid opener and said spreader to cause them to enter said loop,means for actuating said spreader,

,to spread the loop, means for moving said spreader in a vertical plane relatively to the opener to-carry it out of the path p'f move 'ment of the shuttle," and meansfor actuating said shuttle to cause its-point toenter said loop and carry the thread-away from then-eedle to complete the formation of the stitch; substantially as described.

6. In a sewing-machine, a shuttle in combination with a loop-opener, a spreader, means for causing said parts to move "forwardly into a loop formed sin-a strand of thread, means-for causing said spreader to move in an upwar d direction out of the path of movement of theshuttle and thence in a direction awayfrom the loop-'opener to spread the loop, "and then in a direction toward the loop opener to carry it back to normal position substantially as described.

7. In a sewing-machine, the combination with complementary mechanisminoluding shafts, of a s'lidable support carrying-a movable loop-spreader, -a lever 'operatively connected to said support, a second lever 'con nected tosaid first-mentioned dever, means for operating the second mentionedfleverto impart movement to said support',-nigeans for returning said second-mentionedlever-to normal position, a guide in which said 'slidable support is adapted to move, a loop opener carried by said guide, and ofi sets in said guide to contact "with said loop 'spreader to tilt the same a-t'an angle -'to itssliding-movement; substantially as described.

8. In a sewing-maehine, the combination with a needle having a ba'rb, of pivotally-sup ported thread-engaging members for laying the thread in engagement with said h arb rock-.

plates provided with slots :iiaving cam projections on the edges thereof saidcam projee tions on one plate being diiierently arranged from those on the other plate, connections between said rock-plates and said threadengaging members, a "movable -=actuating member havin means that enter the slots-in both of said "ates whereby they= are 'oper ated for causing the thread-to be l aid in engagement with the-barb of the needle without pulling it, -a -loop--openerand a loopspreader adapted to entera loop in thethread, means foractu'at-ing sa-id opener and sprea'der to-spread the loop forthe'entrance of ash-uttle, and "means for oscillating the --loop spreader to carry -it out of the path ofthe shuttle; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we hereunto 'affix our signatures in the presence of "two witnesses, this 3d day of July, 1905.

GEORGE L. CORCORAN. GEORGE A. DOBYNE.

Witnesses:

F. R. GORNWALL, GEORGE BAKEWELL. 

